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U.S. states urge FCC constraints on XM-Sirius deal - 28, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of state attorneys general on Thursday urged the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to impose restrictions on Sirius Satellite Radio's purchase of rival XM Satellite Radio if it decides to approve the $4.15 billion dea
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Rapper Remy Ma convicted of shooting woman - 28, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Grammy-nominated rapper Remy Ma was convicted of assault, weapons possession and coercion on Thursday for shooting a woman in the abdomen in a dispute about money in New York.
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Rare Stradivarius, The Penny, on auction in NY - 28, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 300-year-old Antonio Stradivari violin said to be sweet and feminine in its sound is expected to fetch more than $1 million when Christie's puts it up for auction next week.
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Rapper T.I. pleads guilty in U.S. gun case - 28, Mar 2008
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Grammy Award-winning rapper T.I. reversed course on Thursday and pleaded guilty to three charges of illegal weapons possession.
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UK seaside town lifts 44-year Rolling Stones ban - 28, Mar 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - They've played to sell-out audiences all over the world -- except in Blackpool.
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Roddick and Blake to lead U.S. against France - 28, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will rely on the same quartet that won last year's Davis Cup when they face France in next month's quarter-final, captain Patrick McEnroe said on Thursday.
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Pavlik vows to take no chances against Briton Lockett - 28, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Kelly Pavlik said he would take no chances in his maiden world middleweight title defense against Briton Gary Lockett in Atlantic City in June.
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WADA withdraws support for UCI biological passport - 28, Mar 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has withdrawn its support for the International Cycling Union's (UCI) pilot biological passport program because of its lawsuit against former WADA president Dick Pound.
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Federer fully recovered from loss to Fish - 28, Mar 2008
MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) - World number one Roger Federer said on Thursday he had fully recovered from his semi-final loss to Mardy Fish at last week's Pacific Life Open.
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U.S. military suspends Afghanistan ammunition deal - 28, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Florida company hired by the Pentagon to supply ammunition to Afghan soldiers sent the troops Chinese gun cartridges that were more than 40 years old, the U.S. military said in documents obtained by Reuters.
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Fish joins Safin as first round loser in Miami - 28, Mar 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - American qualifier Bobby Reynolds became the latest player to frustrate former world number one Marat Safin with a 7-6 4-6 7-6 first-round win at the Sony Ericsson Open on Thursday.
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Older Americans wealthier, living longer: report - 28, Mar 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Older Americans have more money and are expected to live far longer than prior generations, U.S. government researchers said on Thursday.
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Genetic underpinnings of schizophrenia revealed - 28, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The devastating mental illness schizophrenia may be caused by many different mutations in many different genes that disrupt biological pathways vital to normal brain development, scientists said on Thursday.
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Britain admits its troops abused Iraqi prisoners - 28, Mar 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Defense Ministry is to admit that its troops tortured and breached the human rights of nine Iraqi men they detained in southern Iraq in 2003, opening the way to potentially large compensation claims.
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Obama weathers Wright storm as new details emerge - 28, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A controversy over Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's former pastor has not hurt Obama, a new poll found on Thursday, even as more potential trouble surfaced involving his church.
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U.S. court: Abu-Jamal may get death penalty review - 28, Mar 2008
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court on Thursday upheld the murder conviction of black journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal for killing a white policeman in 1981, but said his death sentence may be reviewed by a lower court.
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Lhasa monks accuse China of lying over unrest - 28, Mar 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Tibetan monks stormed a news briefing at a temple in Lhasa on Thursday, accusing officials of lying about unrest and embarrassing Chinese authorities during a stage-managed tour by foreign reporters.
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Democratic race over? Clinton doesn't think so - 28, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Somebody forgot to tell Hillary Clinton the Democratic presidential race is over and Barack Obama won.
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Obama calls for financial regulations, stimulus - 28, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama proposed greater government regulation of the U.S. financial system and a new $30 billion economic stimulus plan on Thursday in response to the housing crisis.
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Iraq's Maliki says he'll fight militia to the end - 28, Mar 2008
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's U.S.-backed Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki vowed on Thursday that security forces would battle Shi'ite militia in Basra "to the end", despite huge demonstrations to demand his resignation.
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Markets nervous: will U.S. plant enough corn? - 28, Mar 2008
WHITE CLOUD, Kansas (Reuters) - Kansas farmer Ken McCauley wants to help keep the world from going hungry next year, so he's planting corn: lots and lots of corn.
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California may create bond insurer, rival Buffett - 28, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - California Treasurer Bill Lockyer is exploring the possibility of having state pension funds create a new bond insurer, his spokesman said on Thursday.
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Wall Street drives White House campaign cash flow - 28, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Eight of the 10 largest donors so far to the U.S. presidential campaigns are Wall Street banks, led by Goldman Sachs, according to research on Thursday from a political watchdog group.
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Wall St dives on tech, bank outlooks; Bear hit late - 28, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell for a second day on Thursday as soft results from technology bellwether Oracle Corp fed worry about a cutback in business spending, while bank shares fell on fears of another major casualty in the sector.
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JPMorgan battles to integrate unraveling Bear Stearns - 28, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co's biggest challenge in integrating Bear Stearns Cos may be making sure there's still something left to integrate.
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Britain to overhaul video game ratings system - 28, Mar 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government plans to introduce a new guidance rating system for video games and a code of practice for social networking Web sites to help protect children.
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Fed policy-maker warns U.S. near recession - 28, Mar 2008
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (Reuters) - The U.S. economy could be slipping into recession and the Federal Reserve must cushion the pain, a top Fed policy-maker said on Thursday in remarks supporting hopes for more interest rate cuts.
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Dutch critic of Islam launches anti-Koran film - 28, Mar 2008
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders launched a film on Thursday that accuses the Koran of inciting violence and warns that Muslim immigrants threaten the West, prompting the government to appeal for calm.
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EBay's early backer to leave board of directors - 28, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - EBay Inc said on Thursday that early venture capital backer and long-time board member Robert Kagle plans to stand down as a director of the company at its next annual shareholder meeting.
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Museums exhibit high-tech appeal - 28, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Paintings and sculptures long stored away are finding a new audience as museums strive for mass appeal with high-tech Web sites packed with video, podcasts and interactive elements.
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U.S. experts find oldest voice recording, from 1860 - 28, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. audio historians have discovered and played back a French inventor's historic 1860 recording of a folk song -- the oldest-known audio recording -- made 17 years before Thomas Edison invented the phonograph.
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AT&T plans MediaFlo mobile TV service for May - 28, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc said on Thursday it would launch mobile television services in May from MediaFlo USA, a unit of Qualcomm Inc , in an effort to bolster revenue from services other than phone calls.
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Comcast to modify network practices - 28, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cable operator Comcast Corp promised on Thursday to change how it manages its network in response to accusations it blocks some Internet file-sharing services because they require large amounts of bandwidth.
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LA Times apologizes for Tupac story - 27, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Times on Wednesday apologized for publishing a story about the 1994 shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur, after a Web site questioned the authenticity of documents the paper used for the report.
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Shuttle Endeavour returns to Earth - 27, Mar 2008
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The space shuttle Endeavour returned to Earth on Wednesday, capping a milestone flight that brought Japan fully into the International Space Station partnership with the delivery of the first part of its research labora
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Sullivan and Trickett set records - 27, Mar 2008
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Eamon Sullivan and Libby Trickett reclaimed world records at the Australian Olympic trials on Thursday to lay their claims as the world's premier sprinters.
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Alinghi file for court ruling on America's Cup date - 27, Mar 2008
BERNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Holders Alinghi have gone through with their plan to take American challengers BMW Oracle back to court for a final ruling on the dates for the next America's Cup.
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Detroit faces race issues with mayoral crisis - 27, Mar 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - As he waited for take-out to be served up from behind the bullet-proof glass at Motor City Soul Food, Jimmy Ponius said he was saddened by the latest blast of bad news for Detroit, a city used to its share.
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NATO seeks new Afghan push from summit - 27, Mar 2008
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO's leaders want next week's summit in Romania to resolve internal tensions over its mission in Afghanistan and commit more troops, signaling its willingness to stay the course there and defeat the Taliban.
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Hamas, Islamic Jihad truce talks end without deal - 27, Mar 2008
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - A new round of talks between Egypt and the Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad ended on Thursday without agreement on striking a truce with Israel.
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Lhasa monks accuse Beijing of lying over unrest - 27, Mar 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Tibetan monks stormed a news briefing at a temple in Lhasa on Thursday, accusing Chinese authorities of lying about recent unrest and saying the Dalai Lama had nothing to do with the violence, foreign reporters said.
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McCain works to answer age and health questions - 27, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain is the ultimate survivor. Not only did he live through 5-1/2 years as a Vietnam prisoner of war, he also has stared down the deadly cancer melanoma.
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Iraq cleric's followers march as battles rage - 27, Mar 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of supporters of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched in Baghdad on Thursday as a crackdown on his followers raged in southern Iraqi towns and rockets and mortars exploded across the capital.
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Williams-Sonoma gives cautious outlook - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Upscale home goods retailer Williams-Sonoma Inc on Thursday posted a higher quarterly profit but gave a cautious outlook for the current fiscal year, citing a challenging economic backdrop.
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Clear Channel says wins ruling on $20 billion buyout - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Clear Channel Communications Inc on Thursday said it won a temporary order from a Texas judge that prevents banks from reneging on their commitments to fund the $20 billion buyout of the radio operator.
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UTi Worldwide beats estimates, shares jump - 27, Mar 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. logistics company UTi Worldwide Inc on Thursday reported a quarterly profit that topped Wall Street expectations, factoring out restructuring charges, sending its shares up 10 percent.
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ConAgra to sell trading business - 27, Mar 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - ConAgra Foods Inc on Thursday said it would sell its commodity trading and merchandising operations in a deal valued at $2.1 billion, allowing it to focus on its core food business and to repurchase shares.
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JetBlue founder to start new airline in Brazil - 27, Mar 2008
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - JetBlue Airways founder David Neeleman unveiled plans on Thursday for a new low-cost airline in Brazil.
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AMR, Delta cancel hundreds of flights for inspection - 27, Mar 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - American Airlines and Delta Air Lines canceled hundreds of flights on Thursday as they pulled aircraft from service to comply with a government directive for maintenance checks.
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Wall Street falls as tech shares drag - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Thursday as software shares lagged after Oracle Corp's quarterly revenue missed Wall Street's expectations and Lehman Brothers slashed its earnings forecast for Google Inc.
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Corporate profits fall, GDP growth unrevised - 27, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. corporate profits fell 3.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2007, according to government data on Wednesday that also confirmed U.S. economic growth slowed to a meager annual pace of 0.6 percent in same period.
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Still mail bills? Study says go green, go online - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Think your family going green won't make a difference? Wrong, says a U.S. study released on Thursday that shows one household ditching paper statements for Web transactions would save 24 square feet of forest a year.
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"Modder" turns hobby into career - 27, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, March 27 (Reuters) - If you ever thought it would be cool to have an Xbox laptop, or wished those old Atari games in your attic could be reborn on a retro handheld device, you might want to talk to Benjamin Heckendorn.
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AMD rolls out new Phenom processors - 27, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc on Wednesday unveiled new microprocessors for the desktop personal computer market, in a move that could sharpen its competitive edge against rival Intel Corp .
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Chikezie is American Idol's latest casualty - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - America voted, and sent the exuberant Chikezie packing from the seventh season of the hit talent show "American Idol" on Wednesday.
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New York subway worker in Hollywood's fast lane - 27, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A New York City tollbooth worker in desperate need of a car wrote a crime thriller script titled "Brooklyn's Finest" last year.
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Viewers ignore networks' new TV shows - 27, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - It's been a midseason muddle for the broadcast networks.
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Beckham proud to win 100th cap - 27, Mar 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - David Beckham showed he could still play a role for England when he won his 100th cap in a 1-0 defeat to France in a friendly on Wednesday.
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Brave woman sprinter leads Iraqi Olympics charge - 27, Mar 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi sprinter Dana Abdul-Razzaq has dodged bullets to pursue her love of running, her determination to succeed pushing her to become Iraq's only female athlete at the Beijing Olympics.
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Giants repeat "no" to Bonds, remove his images - 27, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The San Francisco Giants will not reconsider a decision to part ways with controversial home run king Barry Bonds, the team president said on Wednesday.
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Celtics crush Suns to maintain grip on East top seed - 27, Mar 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - The Boston Celtics snapped a rare two-game losing streak with a 117-97 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday, Kevin Garnett leading the rout with a 30-point haul.
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Space shuttle Endeavour returns to Earth - 27, Mar 2008
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour returned to Earth on Wednesday, capping a milestone flight that brought Japan fully into the International Space Station partnership with the delivery of the first part of its research l
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Clinton takes hit in new poll on White House race - 27, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's positive rating has dropped to a new low of 37 percent in an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released on Wednesday.
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U.S. steps up missile strikes in Pakistan: report - 27, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has escalated air strikes against al-Qaeda fighters operating in Pakistan's tribal areas fearing that support from Islamabad may slip away, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.
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Monks in Lhasa interrupt briefing and say China lying - 27, Mar 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - A group of Tibetan monks disrupted an official news briefing at a key temple in Lhasa on Thursday, accusing Chinese authorities of lying after more than two weeks of unrest in the Himalayan region, witnesses said.
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Bank and economic woes hit Wall St; Oracle dives late - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks dropped on Wednesday as financial shares slid when concerns resurfaced that bank profits will take much longer than expected to recover from the housing slump.
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Clear Channel buyers sue banks over $20 bln deal - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The private equity firms trying to buy U.S. radio operator Clear Channel Communications Inc on Wednesday filed lawsuits against the banks that agreed to fund the $20 billion buyout to force them to finance it.
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Tata Motors says Ford deal to improve balance sheet - 27, Mar 2008
BANGKOK (Reuters) - India's Tata Motors Ltd said on Thursday it was confident its $2.3 billion deal to buy Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford should improve its balance sheet in the long term.
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Meriwether hedge fund down 28 percent in 2008: report - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The largest hedge fund run by John Meriwether has plunged 28 percent this year, forcing the co-founder of the defunct Long-Term Capital Management to scramble again to stem losses and keep investors from fleeing, the Wall Street Journ
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Merrill and UBS outlooks slashed by Oppenheimer - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merrill Lynch & Co and UBS AG may suffer respective first-quarter write-downs of $6.03 billion and $11.06 billion, according to Oppenheimer & Co analyst Meredith Whitney, who slashed her earnings forecasts for the banking gi
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Report shows Google ad viewership flattening - 27, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc showed modest growth during February in a closely watched report released on Wednesday on how search sites like Google get paid by advertisers, and its shares fell 3.2 percent.
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YouTube helps video creators track viewership - 27, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Anyone can be a star on YouTube. Now, with tools released on Wednesday for charting the popularity of clips posted to the popular video-sharing site, video creators can analyze their own celebrity potential.
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AMD rolls out new Phenom microprocessors - 27, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc on Wednesday unveiled new microprocessors for the desktop personal computer market, in a move that could sharpen its competitive edge against rival Intel Corp .
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Diddy's girl group Danity Kane tops pop chart - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Danity Kane, a prefabricated MTV girl group, scored its second consecutive No. 1 on the U.S. album chart Wednesday, while pop-soul duo Gnarls Barkley's latest release entered at a disappointing No. 18 after being rushed out three we
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Tejano star Navaira's survival chances improving - 27, Mar 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Grammy-winning Tejano music star Emilio Navaira's chances of survival are improving, his doctor said on Wednesday, following a crash this week in which he was thrown through the windshield of his tour bus.
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Bones show humans in Europe 1.2 mln years ago: study - 27, Mar 2008
MADRID (Reuters) - Early humans may have roamed Europe as much as 1.2 million years ago, far earlier than previously thought, scientists said on Wednesday, based on fossils they found in northern Spain.
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Study finds key factors behind bird flu outbreaks - 27, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ducks, people and rice paddies are the primary forces driving outbreaks of avian influenza in Thailand and Vietnam, and the number of chickens is less pivotal, scientists said on Wednesday.
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New kind of gene "silencing" drug works in monkeys - 27, Mar 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A new class of drug that fine tunes the action of genes has been shown to cut cholesterol in monkeys and may fight a range of ills, including hepatitis C and perhaps cancer, scientists said on Wednesday.
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Henin says she considered surgery after Australian Open - 27, Mar 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - World number one Justine Henin said on Wednesday that she had considered surgery earlier this year because her inflamed right knee was so painful.
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Bon Jovi guitarist arrested for drunken driving - 27, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Richie Sambora, lead guitarist for the rock band Bon Jovi, was arrested in Southern California on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, police said on Wednesday.
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LA Times probes own report on Tupac attack - 27, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Times on Wednesday launched an internal probe of its recent story about the 1994 shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur after a Web site questioned documents on which the newspaper based its report.
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Injury forces Webber to end long career - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Five-time All-Star Chris Webber retired Wednesday due to a chronic knee injury that had hampered him throughout much of his 15-year NBA career.
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Beckham wins 100th cap for England - 27, Mar 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - David Beckham showed he could still play a role for England when he won his 100th cap in a 1-0 defeat to France in a friendly on Wednesday.
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Richard Widmark dies at 93 - 27, Mar 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - Actor Richard Widmark, who earned an Oscar nomination playing a psychopath in 1947's film noir "Kiss of Death," has died aged 93, a medical official in his home state of Connecticut said on Wednesday.
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Giants repeat "no" to Bonds and remove his images - 27, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The San Francisco Giants will not reconsider a decision to part ways with controversial home run king Barry Bonds, the team president said on Wednesday.
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Court: can mentally ill defendant be own lawyer? - 27, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court considered on Wednesday whether mentally ill criminal defendants who have been found competent to stand trial must be allowed to represent themselves.
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Ingredients for life found on strange Saturn moon - 27, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The basic ingredients for life -- warmth, water and organic chemicals -- are in place on Saturn's small moon Enceladus, scientists said on Wednesday in detailing the content of huge plumes erupting off its surface.
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Mass arrests in Tibet; Bush urges China to talk - 27, Mar 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have launched mass arrests of Tibetans in Lhasa for interrogation about the fiercest anti-Chinese uprising for decades, a Beijing-based source told Reuters on Wednesday.
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Canada court told of Guantanamo rights violations - 27, Mar 2008
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian investigators violated the rights of terrorism suspect Omar Khadr when they interrogated him at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, his lawyers told Canada's top court on Wednesday.
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Battles across Iraq's south in crackdown - 27, Mar 2008
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered Shi'ite militiamen to surrender on Wednesday as a crackdown on followers of powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr spread across southern towns leaving a ceasefire in tatters.
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Fed officials wary of inflation pressures - 27, Mar 2008
WACO, Texas (Reuters) - Two Federal Reserve officials warned on Wednesday that the central bank needs to be wary of a rise in inflation even as it navigates the United States through an economic slowdown.
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McCain calls for more vigorous U.S. diplomacy - 27, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain, looking to chart an independent course on U.S. foreign policy, called on Wednesday for a more vigorous international diplomacy and a new effort to rebuild frayed relations with allies.
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SEC official says more subprime fraud could surface - 27, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's top enforcement official said on Wednesday that it's still too early to tell whether the current market turmoil involves widespread securities violations or simply bad business decisions
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Bank, economic woes hit Wall St; Oracle dives late - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks dropped on Wednesday as financial shares slid when concerns resurfaced that bank profits will take much longer than expected to recover from the housing slump.
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Protesters enter Bear Stearns building in New York - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - About 60 protesters opposed to the U.S. Federal Reserve's help in bailing out Bear Stearns entered the lobby of the investment bank's Manhattan headquarters on Wednesday, demanding assistance for struggling homeowners.
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New-home sales slowest in 13 years, durables down - 27, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of new U.S. single-family homes fell to the slowest pace in 13 years while orders for durable goods tumbled unexpectedly last month, according to government data that added to signs the economy has stalled.
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Oracle new software sales disappoint, shares down - 27, Mar 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - Oracle Corp , the world's No. 3 software maker, posted quarterly revenue that missed Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, driving its shares down 8 percent and pushing down stocks of some other software makers.
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Rambus says wins memory chip patent case - 27, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Memory chip technology developer Rambus Inc said on Wednesday it won a key case in a long-running patent lawsuit, sending its shares 39 percent higher.
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Pentagon approves development of new radios - 27, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Wednesday that it had approved the start of development of a next-generation radio system for aircraft, ships and ground stations, paving the way for a huge contract award to either Boeing Co or Lockheed Martin
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Teens turn deaf ear to risks of MP3 players - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teenagers seem to know that loud music can damage their hearing, yet most see no reason to lower the volume on their iPods, a small study suggests.
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